The annual charity auction for a private lunch with billionaire investor Warren Buffett is underway. The top bid to dine with the chairman of the conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway Inc was $200,100 at 12 p.m. EDT (1600 GMT) on Monday, but will likely surge by the time the auction on eBay ends on Friday night. |
By Jonathan Stempel. (Reuters) - The annual charity auction for a private lunch with billionaire investor Warren Buffett is underway. The top bid to dine with the chairman of the conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway Inc was $200,100 at 12 p.m. EDT (1600 GMT) on Monday, but will likely surge by the time the auction on eBay ends on Friday night. |
Last week Thursday, a mob of self-appointed God avengers lynched a woman to death for 'blasphemy' in Kano. A lot of outrage has followed that act of terror. But to mourn Bridget Agbaheme properly would be to address the context that empowered her murderers to make her the latest of the many.... |
MEMPHIS — Let this be the violent act that moves us from grief, anger and fear to resolve. that is tormenting us all. Let this be the crime that moves us to reverse the torrent of youth violence Not because it happened in downtown Memphis on a Saturday night. |
Georg Hegel broke my brain in college. It was at least a serious philosophical sprain, but I did take away the idea of the zeitgeist, which comes in handy as a food critic. There's always a dominant set of ideals and beliefs in a particular moment of time, one that plays out, if you're observant, in.... |
German President Joachim Gauck said on Monday he would not serve a second five-year term, a decision that could trigger a battle between the parties in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling coalition over who should succeed him. Although the position of president is largely ceremonial in Germany, the.... |
Leading Muslims in Nigeria have joined in condemnation of the mob murder of pastor's wife Bridget Agbahime, who was aged 74 years old. Jama'atu Nasril Islam, the umbrella group representing Nigeria's Muslim leadership, said in a statement: "It is hardly believable that such dastardly acts could happen in the name of religion. |
Monday June 6, 2016 - Celebrated gospel musician Emmy Kosgey has challenged former Prime Minister Raila Odinga to suspend his violent and deadly protests against the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and try to find peaceful means in seeking to disband the commission. |
Sen. Gibson: Only referendum can ensure “freedom from discrimination” Well former President of the Bahamas Court of Appeal Dame Joan Sawyer was in the media this week suggesting again that the upcoming referendum is a waste of time and that its objectives could be fixed legislatively. |
THE Patriotic Front should leave the Electoral Commission of Zambia alone, says the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia. The fellowship’s Lundazi district secretary Pastor Charles Nyirenda has advised the PF against dragging civil servants into politics. Last Wednesday, Eastern Province PF chairperson.... |
There were seven participating groups in Choir Fest this year – one of the main events in the run-up to the observance of Anguilla Day. The 7th annual event was staged, as usual, at the Mount Fortune Seventh-day Adventist Church where the space is most accommodating. |
LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - The home for Muhammad Ali's formative years was forgotten and fell into disrepair for more than half a century. But four days after reopening, following months of restoration, the prewar cottage at 3302 Grand Avenue has become a shrine for well-wishers and mourners following.... |
PASTOR sa Bonbon Mission Baptist Church gipusil patay sa duha ka mga tawo nga nagmotorsiklo niadtong Dominggo sa hapon sa may sitio Bandila, Bgry. Bonbon, Siyudad sa Sugbo. Usa sa mga anggulo nga gitan-aw sa kapulisan sa pagpatay kang Crisostomo Maternal, Jr., 46, kasamtangang nagpuyo sa barangay, mao ang iyang kampanya batok sa drugas. |
. Although the position of president is largely ceremonial in Germany, the selection of the last two heads of state has caused problems for Merkel and it risks dividing her government in the run-up to the next federal election in 2017. Merkel initially opposed the appointment of Gauck, a 76-year-old.... |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. June 6, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Light has been a critical component of existence since the very beginning when the universe heard the directive from the Sovereign God, "Let there be light." Rev. Samuel Rodriguez , lead pastor of New Season and President/CEO of one of the.... |
BERLIN: German President Joachim Gauck said on Monday that he would not stand for a second term, creating a political headache for Chancellor Angela Merkel ahead of an election year. The popular Gauck, 76, who has held the largely ceremonial post of head of state since 2012, made the announcement at.... |
The former Government Delegate to the Limbe City Council, Samuel Ebiama Lifanda, reportedly a Pentecostal church pastor, is once more enjoying the air of freedom following his release on May 27, 2016, from detention in the Kondengui-Yaounde Maximum Security Prison by a decision of the Special Criminal Court, SCC. |
German President Joachim Gauck said, on Monday, that he would not stand for a second term, creating a political headache for Chancellor Angela Merkel ahead of an election year. The popular Gauck, 76, who has held the largely ceremonial post of head of state since 2012, made the announcement at Berlin’s Bellevue Palace, citing his advanced age. |
There is little shortage now of published Anguillian literary works with the launching of yet another locally-written book. This time, the author is retired Teacher, Mrs. Patricia Adams. Her latest publication is set in Anguillian lifestyle and cultural heritage and is written in dialect. |
Daily Post reports that the pastor expressed his opinion while speaking on the theme “No More Delay” during special prayers held at the RCCG Headquarters in Lagos. Adeboye, who spoke through his special assistant on administration and personnel, Pastor Johnson Odesola, appealed in his speech to the.... |
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Pastor Paul Adefarasin is one of the highly celebrated pastors in Nigeria and he has cause to celebrate his usnion with his wife.
Pastor Paul Adefarasin and wife Pastor Ifeanyi.
The Lagos pastor whose church House On The Rock is one of the high profile churches in Lekki, Lagos marked his 21 st.... |
President Joachim Gauck of Germany after announcing in Berlin on Monday that he would not vie for re-election. Credit Michael Sohn/Associated Press. BERLIN — President Joachim Gauck of Germany announced on Monday that he would not seek a second five-year term for the largely ceremonial office, a.... |
More than three hundred senior citizens, and other adult persons from throughout the island, were treated to a sumptuous lunch funded by the Government on Anguilla Day on Monday, May 30, 2016. Anguilla Day is the island’s most historic day, commemorating the May 30, 1967 Anguilla Revolution which.... |
BERLItN—German President Joachim Gauck said that he won’t seek a new term next year, forcing the country’s leading parties to agree on a successor just months before they are set to compete in national elections. A former East-German Lutheran pastor who grew up under Communism in the northern city Rostock, Mr. |
Says He Never Embezzled Funds By Francis Tim Mbom. The former Government Delegate to the defunct Limbe Urban Council, Samuel Ebiama Lifanda, finally returned to Limbe only on June 3; one week after he was released from the Kondengui Maximum Security Prison. |
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